WEAVERS LAB
Tissue resilience in health and disease
Our team is based within a thriving community of cell and developmental biology, and tissue repair groups in the Faculty of Life Sciences in the vibrant city of Bristol.
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The Faculty boasts world-class research facilities with state-of-the-art equipment in the Wolfson Bioimaging, Proteomics, Transcriptomics and Flow Cytometry facilites.
Helen Weavers
Principal Investigator
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Wellcome Trust
Career Development Fellow
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See my University of Bristol Research Profile: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/helen-m-a-weavers
Previously Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Henry Dale Fellow, MRC-funded Research Associate (University of Bristol) and Wellcome Trust PhD Student (University of Cambridge)
Terrence Trinca
​MRC Post-doctoral
researcher
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with Profs Paul Martin & Sussan Nourshargh
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Terrence started with us in 2022 after a PhD with flies in Cardiff in the lab of Dr Joaquin De Navascues. Terrence is interested in how immune cells reach sites of injury. Terrence even has his own 3D printer!
Roman Seliverstov
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Biochemistry
PhD student
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Roman recently completed his MPhil in Biosciences at Cardiff University, where he was introduced to the wonders of Drosophila! Roman is now pursuing his love of research as a PhD student with us studying immune cell resilience and metabolism.
James Lythall
PhD student on the
Wellcome Trust
Dynamic Molecular Cell Biology PhD Programme
After completing a biology degree at the University of Warwick, James is now deciphering how dynamic organelle biology supports effective tissue repair and immunity.
Lulwah Alshamali
PhD student
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with Prof Richard Coward &
Prof Gavin Welsh
Lulwah has just joined us to start her PhD studies! Lulwah is interested in understanding more about renal physiology and disease, combining fly and mammalian models.
MSc & Summer students
If you're interested in a summer lab project with
us, get in touch!
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We are recruiting!
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Post-doctoral
Research Associate
in Dynamic Cell Biology
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If you are interested in working with us on an exciting interdisciplinary project integrating state-of-the-art live imaging, molecular cell biology and clinical collaborations please see here.
Katy Grobicki
​Lister Institute-funded
Post-doctoral
researcher
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Katy started with us in 2024 after a PhD at the University of Cambridge with the Karam-Teixeria Lab.
Katy brings a wealth of Drosophila experience to the lab, where she is now studying tissue stress responses.
Eddie Mayo
Kidney Research UK
PhD student
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Eddie has moved into the world of fruit flies after an undergraduate in Bristol studying Cellular and Molecular Medicine! Eddie is now a PhD student studying renal ageing and disease funded by Kidney Research UK.
Harry Young
Former PhD student on the
Wellcome Trust
Dynamic Molecular Cell Biology PhD Programme
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Harry recently completed his PhD with us where he integrated Drosophila live-imaging with human genetic epidemiology to explore how tissues protect themselves from oxidative stress. Harry still works with us on an honorary basis as we prepare his PhD work for publication.
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Beth Sawyer
NC3Rs PhD student
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with Prof David Sheppard,
Prof Eshwar Mahenthiralingam
& Dr Jamie Duckers
Beth has just finished her PhD studies but stayed on as a post-doc to publish her study! Beth is interested in understanding the links between tissue damage, inflammation and infection in chronic inflammatory conditions.
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Katie Barnard
MRes student
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within the School of Biochemistry
Katie has just joined us to start her MRes studies! Katie is interested in the stress response pathways activated after tissue damage and how they help promote rapid healing.
Alumnae
Our previous
lab members